The Psalms of Asaph and the Pentateuch : studies in the Psalter, III / Michael D. Goulder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goulder, Michael D.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 233.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, 0309-0787 ; 233

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psalms (Music).

Bible. O.T. Psalms L--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. O.T. Psalms LXXIII-LXXXIII--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Other Title:

Studies in the Psalter, III

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Asaph psalms (50, 73-83) are a unity. They often call God 'Elohim' and 'El', and the people 'Joseph', as Amos does; they appeal to Israelite history, the exodus and the covenant; they are written in the face of military catastrophe. In this suggestive and brilliant work, Goulder argues that they were composed in Bethel in the 720s for use as the psalmody for the autumn festival. This gives us vital new evidence for the history of the Pentateuch: there was at Bethel a historical tradition from at least the time of the oppression in Egypt to the Solomonic Empire; the Asaphites took this trad

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 DELITZSCH' S DILEMMA; Part I: THE PSALMS OF ASAPH; Part II: E, D, J, P; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Subjects; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611813932

9781281813930

1281813931

9780567633194

0567633195

OCLC:

609838562